Note
I decided to extend my first story with a final chapter bringing a real end to it, instead of this open ending.
I also took the time to rewrite most of the previous chapters (crazy, how much you can be disappointed in a work you were kind of proof a year prior...)
Anyway, just little changes were made, nothing changing what happened overall.
On this enjoy this last chapter.
Time flows, and with it; separations are inevitable. But reunions are always around the corner.
March 24th, 2045
"AHHHNNN!" I scream as my body and mind are wrecked awake by an orgasm I was not expecting, my back arching and my toes curling in pleasure before eventually crashing back on the bed as I slowly come down from the intense pleasure. My mind was racing in my attempt to understand what was happening.
This very task is being put on hold as I let out small whimpers and moans as I feel my nether lips being caressed by something warm and humid. I instinctively register this sensation as well as the familiar pattern as my kouhai's, and lover's tongue.
She keeps with her ministration for a while at a slow pace to let me ride the remnant of pleasure she gifted me, until, as if sensing it was almost over, she renews her pace. Her tongue moved in and out of my core, then joined by fingers rubbing my clitoris as well as trusting alongside the slimy organ.
"HIBIKI!" I scream her name as I was brought to another orgasm in record time, my mind emptying of any thought as I was left breathless and panting, desperate to get it back and myself under control.
I vaguely feel the bed shift as the one pleasuring me comes to my level, her head entering my blurry field of vision as she presses her bosom against mine, giving me a naughty smile as a greeting.
"Good morning, Chris." The younger girl says before offering a peck on my lips. "Better waking up. It would be too bad to miss your own graduation."
That's right. Today is Graduation Day, my graduation. After all the crap we have gone through with the whole Goddess thing early this year, we finally manage to reach this day.
Despite Hibiki's words, she shows no intent from getting off of me to separate. I do understand her though, the intimate contact of our naked body against the other felt too good to part away so soon after waking up, especially in such a pleasurable way.
Instead, I snake my arms around her neck and bring her head down. Her lips smash against mine as we share a passionate kiss. Tongues quickly delved into the other mouth as we swap saliva and muffled the other moan.
When we separate. It was to the both of us panting to catch our breaths, Hibiki's eyes clouded with lust and probably as aroused as I currently was.
"We should take a shower," Hibiki says breathlessly.
"Only if you take it with me," I reply.
"I don't think it's a good idea, but I will not be the one arguing against it." Hibiki pecks my lips once more before getting off of me and moving toward the bathroom while I lay still in bed, admiring the subtle extra sway of her hips she often uses to draw my attention to her butt. It never failed and she knows it, hence why she abuses it since discovering its effect on me.
The moment she disappears beyond the frame of the door that I throw away the comforter partially covering my naked self and rush after Hibiki, eager to return the favor from earlier.
"When I think you were the one waking me up and warning me to not be late to my own graduation day. I can't believe you're also the one making me late for it," I chastise Hibiki as I pull my skirt up and fasten it before reaching for the top of my uniform.
"You were the one who wanted to do it in the showers, Chris!" She counters.
"Arg… Forget it. I can still make it if I run," I say, forgoing to fix my hair in my usual twin tails and letting them loose. 'Wouldn't be a bad look for my last day.'
Despite what it looks like; Hibiki and I are not dating. Despite probably filling every option to be seen as a couple, we are not one.
I didn't confess. She didn't confess either. And maybe it's not that bad like this. After all, it has only been around five months since this famous weekend, the same amount of time that I had my face between her legs eating her out with wild passion.
The first outing, or let's be honest; date from there quickly took a new turn from the previous one, in which we shamelessly flirt with the other, getting horny in the middle of it before ending it at my place, more precisely in my bed. It quickly becomes our standard for them from thereon; hanging out, getting turned on for some reason, then back to screw each other senseless, sometimes not even bothering ourselves with the first part and jumping straight to the sex.
Like I told her, we upgraded from 'friends' to 'friends with benefits' from there. And I had to admit, Hibiki is amazing in bed. Despite being the one experienced and adamant in tiring her until she couldn't remember her name. She reversed the table on me when I thought she was done. I don't remember how many orgasms I gave her, but she still had the stamina to keep up, doing to me almost everything I did to her until I was the one passing out. Ultimately, as much I told myself that I would make her mine, the contrary was also true; she makes me hers and I don't mind it one bit.
I still remember what she did for my birthday was the sweetest and at the same time the hottest thing anyone did for me. She stayed behind to help clean the remaining parts of the party and when I was out to send the other girls off. It took me a bit long, but when I was back, it was to a trash-free living room, but my helper missing.
Turned out, she was waiting for me in my bedroom laying on my bed in a brown piece of sexy lingerie that I preciously saved in my mind. She declared herself being the final present of the night as she was beckoning me to come closer to unwrap it and enjoy the content. We didn't sleep until the sun was back out and I never felt this loved.
So, while being friends with benefits is the best we can get from a 'proper' relationship, it doesn't mean that I don't want more for us and I think that Hibiki wants the same as well… We are just both too cowardly to take this next, decisive and official step.
"Let's go, Chris! We can still make it in time," Hibiki says to me as she was already out of the room.
I quickly follow her, putting my cardigan on the way. Once shoes on, we were running off to school, Hibiki passing me an anpan as she already has one in her mouth, happily munching on it. I was going to tell her to not do such a dangerous thing, but I comply as well. Rather dying trying to sate my hunger than having to explain why I didn't have time to eat earlier to my classmate.
The ceremony took the time it should, not shorter or longer than senpai last year. And I'm now swarmed by kouhais crying and hugging me to the point of being suffocating. 'I swear some of them I trying to break some of my bones with their hug.'
"Waaahhh… I will miss you Chris- buchō!" The girl; Nagisa was wailing out as her best friend; Honoka was rubbing her back in comfort, equally sad at my departure from the club.
"Come on, get a grip! It's not like I'm dying or something. Don't make me regret naming you as the next president already," I chastise my kouhai in my endeavor to pry her away from me.
Following the fateful weekend spent with my dear kouhai, I was told to be more 'cheery.' That a smile was plastered on my face at almost all times and even humming at times. This behavior makes me more approachable to my classmates and even kouhais, especially during club activities.
Hibiki was here when I learn it and she was laughing shamelessly at it, saying I will be more popular than ever during the rest of my year.
And she was right, I could no longer pull off my previous expression without putting a great amount of effort into it, seeing and casually talking to Hibiki would leave me in a small euphoria that I would carry hours later and barely going down.
My group of admirers, which was surprisingly bigger than I initially thought, was the first one to catch on that my happiness was somehow linked to Hibiki. Leading to rumors spreading like wildfire as to if there were more between us than we would let show, to even dating each other. While they were right, Hibiki and I never confirm or refute anything, giving out the usual answer that we were friends before sharing a sly smirk with the other, enjoying the look of confusion on the third party's face.
I finally manage to shoo away my clubmates after more goodbyes and farewells from them before being able to join my others kouhais and close friends. The same things happening all over again with the ZABABA duet jumping on me and hugging me for dear life. 'You would really think that I'm dying with how desperate they are.'
Another occurrence from this fateful weekend was the ZABABA duet; both girls were constantly on our case, trying to find out what was the deal with us. While we enjoyed messing with them most of the time, a really close call with me straddling Hibiki' and passionately kissing her topless as she was massaging my chest was interrupted by the doorbell followed by the entrance door opening mere seconds later. Moving away from Hibiki and running to my bedroom was done at the nick of time, leaving Hibiki to greet them while subtly hiding the top I left behind while I was putting on something else to greet them inconspicuously.
Between the surprise visits from Hibiki, her libido, and the way she has into coaxing me without much effort to have sex with her. The fact that I had accepted to help the younger kouhais this day flew my mind. We got quite the laugh afterward, the two were constantly throwing us side glances as we help them, until inquiring as to why Hibiki was here. They didn't buy the pretense she was just passing by but remained none the wiser. Even until now, or if they did discover us, they did a damn good job in hiding it from me.
My eyes trail from the two to the other girl. Kohinata Miku was standing a bit further from us, which was strange since the two of us has gotten closer, ever since I helped her prepare for her competition. With me being the daughter of famous musicians, I obviously had the musical ear to help her improve when I was free and not screwing her childhood friend.
"You know, one more person in it would not make much of a difference at this point," I say to her, which seems to be the right thing since she walks to us and hugs me as well.
"Congratulation on your graduation, Chris. And thank you for all your help," she says to me.
"It was my pleasure," I reply as I was being released from the collective hug.
Hug; something I wouldn't have easily allowed from others was now part of my daily life, especially with Hibiki being the main subject of those. Though, it also contributed to fuel Hibiki's jealousy when others were the recipient. But she quickly got over it, on the fact she could have me in ways that nobody else could ever.
My current train of thought makes me notice that something is currently missing around me. I look around blindly until it clicks; Hibiki is nowhere to be found. My favorite girl, crush, fuckbuddy, and lover didn't appear in front of me since we separate at the start of the ceremony. I have already received an advanced apology from the two idols, their plane unable to take off because of bad weather, but the two should be here right on time for the celebration party at HQ that the old man was eager for us to have later.
"Any of you saw Hibiki around?" I finally ask the girls around me after more failing attempts to find her among the crowd of the students.
"She said she was going to use the restroom before joining us. She shouldn't be far," the blond-haired girl tells me.
I hum in acknowledgment as my eyes still scan my surrounding for a particular face with untamable hair, I stop when I'm discreetly approached by Miku.
"Hibiki seemed a bit down. I wouldn't be surprised that she is somewhere to think over what's bothering her," she utters to me.
'That would be very like her. Being all cheery and happy and then depressed the next moment. And yet not talking it to me?' I thought while nodding to my friend.
"Guess, I will look for her then. See you girls later at the party," I announce before departing in direction of the school's building.
"Don't be late, Chris. We are cooking your favorite," the black-haired kouhai calls out to me, which I answer by lifting a hand in sign of understanding, my mind already shifting to where Hibiki could be inside the school.
"I probably should have begun there," I mutter to myself as I was standing in front of my classroom's door. I pretty much did all locations of the school where I thought Hibiki could have been; her classroom, the field, my club as well as others until my own step leads me here. Calling and texting her had been useless since she didn't return any of them, pissing me off the longer I searched.
As I slide open the door I find her right away, sitting at my place, her head resting on my desk. The sun shining on her made her lithe form more ethereal than anything.
I shake my head at the image my adorable kouhai was portraying in the sunlight as I silently walk toward her until I was standing in front of my desk, my lover still unaware of my presence.
"I hope the reason you are ignoring my phone calls wasn't to masturbate where I attended class," I casually say in an attempt to ease whatever was plaguing Hibiki's mind.
My sudden voice rouses the girl from whatever state she was in as her head snaps in my direction while holding herself back straight. "C- C- Chris. What are you doing here?"
Unfazed by her panicked tone, I roll my eyes. "Obviously, looking for you. Which would have been far easier if you had just answered my calls or texts."
She stays silent, her head turns to the side and her hands probably grasping and playing with the hems of her skirt in frustration at whatever was worrying her.
"You know that everyone is waiting for us for the party, right?" I ask her softly as I sit on my desk, nonchalantly swinging my legs.
I sigh I she still remains silent still. "What's wrong?" I ask her patiently, looking outside while letting Hibiki make up her mind.
"When were you going to tell me?" Her question echoes in the empty classroom.
"Hmm?" My eyes fall back on her, tilting my head to the side at her rather vague question. "Tell you what?"
"That you will not be around anymore after graduating." She lets out, upset.
I narrow my eyes at the accusation. While it's true, no one aside from S.O.N.G. staff members should know about it, and I strictly told them to not tell the others.
Hibiki cuts me before I could utter a word. "Kirika-chan and Shirabe-chan were the ones asking me about it. I had to tell them that I didn't even know about it and that's they may have misunderstood what was said. But then Tsubasa-san and Maria-san asked me the same question, saying that they overheard Ogawa-san talking about it."
'What the hell! I told them to not tell anyone and instead, they let it slip like that!? What the hell!' I thought angrily before groaning.
"What did they tell you exactly?" I simply ask, renouncing the idea of hiding it any longer from Hibiki, especially if the others are already aware.
She frowns as she elaborates. "Just that you will be leaving after graduating, they didn't know much either. That's why they came asking me what I know about it. Is it truth Chris? Are you really leaving? What about us? I know that we are just friends with benefits, but I thought that it would last longer than that. Is that my fault?" Hibiki swarms me with a barrage of questions, tears at the corners of my eyes threatening to fall down.
"It's not your fault and it's not as bad as you think!" I tell her, slapping my hands on her face to shut her up while cupping it. I look her straight in the eyes as I swipe with my thumbs the tears at the corner of her eyes.
Hibiki's face morphs into utter confusion at my action. "Huh?"
I sigh loudly as I begin to caress her cheeks to soothe her, something that always works on her and can literally make her putty in my hand if I top it up by kissing her. But I don't need that, just need for her to be at ease before listening to me.
"There is a training course at S.O.N.G that newbies have to undergo to become a full-fledged member. The issue is that the course is not in Tokyo, that's why I will have to leave, But I do plan on coming back."
The final battle against the 'Goddess' as well as destroying the Yggdrasil tree cost all of us our relics. They were beyond repair according to Elfnein's words, and even if she was unwilling to give up on it and was using every bit of knowledge and resources at her disposition to either repair them or simply build new ones from scratches. The task will obviously be a long one without the original blueprints stored in Finé's mind.
Anyway, Symphogear aside. In the current situation, Maria is the only one to have received any kind of official training to be an agent on her own. That leaves us five, now former Symphogear wielder with a subpar training with serious lacunas to be a proper agent.
As understanding is shown on my now former kouhai's face, she then begins to pout cutely. "Why didn't you tell me then?"
I smirk at the obvious answer to this question. "That… Hibiki," I start as I lean toward her before deposing a soft kiss on her lips, causing my whole body to shiver deliciously. "It's because each time I have the chance to tell you, we ended up fucking each other, making me forget it each time,' I answer with a salacious smile.
Hibiki blushes at my answer as she knows that since graduation was approaching, we spent most of our alone time banging than doing anything else.
"Where will you be?" She tentatively asks, putting her hands on mine and gently rubbing with her thumbs.
"That's confidential. I will only tell you it's not overseas and not too far from here. But nothing else," I say before adding. "And pouting will not make me waver on it." I then kiss her forehead as I slip a hand before flicking it.
"Ouch!" Hibiki lets out at the sudden strike, rubbing her forehead while pouting even harder until she resigns that I will not divulge this information. "Then what about us?"
"I guess we will have to put an end to this special relationship and revert back to simple friends."
"Do we really have to?"
"Well, we can't really exert the beneficial part of it if I'm away."
She groans in reluctance. "You're right."
"Also, I don't think I want to keep things like that between us," I confess.
"You don't?" she asks with shock, to which I simply shake my head in confirmation. "Why? Are you tired of me? Did I do something wrong?" she asks consecutively in a single breath, her crestfallen expression stirring at my heart.
Though, I snort at the questions. "Me? Tired of you?" I ask with mockery.
Hibiki's expression ease at my tone, smiling softly as she realizes none of her fear was happening. "I don't want us to be separate."
"You realize that this friend with benefits thing is not meant to last, right?" I decided to hammer this fact.
"I wouldn't mind if it did." She replies, a bit down.
"I would," I confess. "I want more; the friendly dates, flirting, and especially the sex are all great. But I still want more. I know that day I told you to stop bothering yourself with putting a name on our relationship." I kiss her softly. "But I want us to be a couple, a proper one. What about you?"
Hibiki searches something in my eyes before, ultimately looking away, breaking my heart in the process. "I don't know. I guess I would want that too… But, I think I'm scared that things will change between us because of it."
It was more than I could ask aside from her returning my feelings, and it fills me with great hope. "Then I suggest you think about it while I'm away. You are free to do whatever you want. But when I come back. I will confess to you properly and expect an honest answer. And assure you that our friendship will not suffer from the result, whichever would be."
She nods at my speech. "When do you leave," she reluctantly asks, sulking already to the limited time left to spend together.
I smirk as I could read her mind. "End of the month."
She expectantly perks up. "And we are still in this special friendship until then, right?"
"We are."
"And that sex is still on the table?"
I lean closer, my eyes not looking away from hers. "Until the very day of my departure," I reply huskily and with desire. I lean even closer for a kiss, before shifting and leaning back to stop my action. "But first, we have a party to attend," I cruelly mention.
"Can't we skip it?" she inquires hopefully.
I give her a deadpan look. "I will not skip my own party… But guess what? Come to my place afterward and you will get what you want and more.
"I can't wait!"
"Me neither," I reply as we both stand up from our position and walk out of the classroom with our hands interlaced. I glance a last time at the room I got accustomed for close to a year and held several memories. I then turn my back to it as Hibiki gently tugs on my hand.
My life as a high school student is over and something more is on the way.
March 23rd, 2046
Friday, March 23rd, Graduation's Day. Specifically, it was Hibiki's graduation… and by extension, Miku's as well? But again, it's pretty obvious you would care more about the person you are in love with compared to the friend, even if we hit off pretty well with the number of times I was helping her by lending a musical ear to her playing.
Anyway, I'm late, terribly late. I promised Hibiki days ago that I will be here on time for her graduation and here I am jogging, scratch that, running to the gate
'It's all the fault of that damn assignment!' I thought angrily.
What was supposed to be wrapping up the mission and me surprising Hibiki by coming back a week early evolved into a fucking disaster causing the mission to drag on longer with the new directives imparted.
The number of close calls I got during the mission was far too high to my liking. I thought about putting my survival before the accomplishment of the mission but being the stubborn girl, no woman than I am, I managed to do both; keeping my head on my shoulder as well as my body in one piece and completing the mission.
I honestly should be resting; HQ even extended the booking period of our team's accommodations to do so. I was the only one to decline and the old man already knew exactly why, hence why he didn't even attempt to stop me. It's not like I would have listened to him anyway. I wrote and left my report on my designed bed, took a quick shower, left a note concerning my baggage, and then was already on the first train available for Tokyo.
I had to slow my pace to walking once more as students mixed with adults, probably relatives, were coming up my way. My eyes are drawn to the school uniform that I was also wearing only a year ago during my final year at Lydian.
'Already a year, I wonder if she has changed' I thought.
While I had managed to keep contact with the other since it was not prohibited, they were really limited, and video calls were only available at the beginning before we had to settle for simple calls afterward. Which was a problem for nobody when our choice was this or no call at all.
I notice some stare as I walk past the gate, which was not that surprising since I'm currently wearing the official S.O.N.G uniform. The more I walk through the crowd, the more it feels real. Congratulations were shouted, kouhais crying could be heard and people hugging one another, lot of them.
"Have you heard anything about Chris-senpai, Hibiki-san?" I perk to the familiar voice.
"No, Shishō told me that something happened during her mission and that it will take more time for her to finish and that she may not be able to come at all. I hope she is okay."
I catch the conversation with one ear, telling me which direction I need to go.
"No need to worry, Tachibana. You know Yukine, she will do everything in her power, including, in her term; 'raise hell itself if she needs to.' She will be back before we know it."
"Indeed. Actually, I would worry more about the people in Chris' way. Their day must be more than unpleasant."
This time I catch the two idols talking as I walk around another group of weeping students, though not sure how to react about how they see me. 'Am I some kind of slumbering demon that would wreak havoc if rubbed the wrong way to them,' the thought actually makes me unreasonably angry to the point of wanting to give the two idols a serious piece of my mind… Ok, I might be a bit impulsive and leaning toward retaliating with violence, but I seriously did get better.
"Hibiki-san, Miku-san, what are your plans after graduation?"
I come to a halt; the girls were all in sight, but I didn't want to stop the conversation by irrupting now, so I remain slightly out of sight from them. Hibiki and I never talk about her plan after graduation, I don't even know if she aimed for a college or anything.
"Actually, Miku decided to pursue a musical career, she even got accepted in a school overseas thanks to our teacher who recommended her."
"Geez, Hibiki. I could have told them myself."
I perk at that, while I knew she was good with the bunch of times I help her, it seems like she has gotten even better during the year despite my limited assistance.
"What about you, Tachibana?"
"I will officially enroll at S.O.N.G. Symphogear wielder or not, I still want to help people in any way I can. Also, Chris will be there too."
My heart burst in happiness at her words and my legs moved in autopilot as I sneak behind Hibiki, the girl had her back facing me since the beginning unable to catch me, unlike the others. As I grow closer, I notice that she has clearly changed since last year. She was now taller, gaining around maybe two inches while I had only grown one, and she somehow was leaning more on the handsome side than previously, her a bit longer too.
Hibiki was still talking animatedly about something with me behind her, the concerned girl having no clue that I was here. By this point I had locked eyes with all of them, seeing their mild surprised expression before it turns into a smile and attempting their best to not alert Hibiki of my presence, resulting in a knowing glance at Hibiki.
"Shishou's training has… Why is everyone looking at me like that? Is there something behind me?"
I strike before she has time to turn around, slithering my arms past her face before covering her eyes, praying she will not enter a self-defense posture and throw me off. "Guess who?" I announce.
I feel her tense a moment, which is expected when being taken by surprise. Then she quickly relaxes, her brain probably processing information faster than ever as she comes up to both answer and realization.
"I can only think to one person;" she exclaims as I let her pry away my hands from her face and fully turns toward me. "The person I have been waiting for all long; Yukine Chris."
We smile hugely at each other, my arms around her neck while her hands are on my waist. And before we know, the distance between us vanishes as our lips link together. It felt as natural as if it has not been a full year since the last time I kissed Hibiki. She returns with the same passion I'm pouring into it, our tongue performing a nostalgic dance as we exchange saliva while moaning into it. Familiar sensation invading my body with deeper desire than no one was able to match over the year apart from her.
Our surroundings had melted away long ago, and it's only by an insistent throat-clearing that we snap out of our little world. Leaving us our faces flushed in embarrassment to have lost ourselves in public the first moment we found each other.
Thankfully, the girls were kind enough to take the teasing to a minimum. To my surprise, none of them were truly surprised by our actions, that they saw it coming over the year and even made a bet on it. Miku reveals to be the top winner, childhood friend after all.
Then Hibiki pops up the awaited question. "Chris, what happened to your hair?"
I unconsciously bring a hand to my hair, now shortened to neck length. "I had cut them. Learn the hard way when they got stuck in a door frame and when someone grab them when I fought close range. Does it look bad?"
Hibiki shakes her head. "You look as beautiful as you should be."
I roll my eyes at the sappiness, though my heart flutters at the compliment, nonetheless.
"If the both of you finished flirting, I propose that we head to HQ for the graduation party as well as Yukine's training completion."
"Right behind you, Tsubasa-san," Hibiki echoes, dragging me behind her.
I anchor my feet on the ground to stop her advance, causing her to look at me in confusion. I then take a step away after prying my hands to make du of my promise from last year.
"So, Hibiki. I came back as promised, you are now 18 and officially an adult, and you plan to join me at S.O.N.G. Anyway, what I mean with all this is… Tachibana Hibiki, this year apart from you didn't change my feelings for you whatsoever, I'm still helplessly in love with you. Will you be my girlfriend from now on," I finally, properly, confess to her.
And unlike a year ago. Hibiki's answer was immediate. "YES!" she shouts before cupping my face and kissing me earnestly.
I return it without a second thought, my heart at ease as finally being able to seize my happiness in a tight hold and not planning on letting go of it anytime soon.
END
